Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
How Marina Barr has been destigmatizing addiction on Instagram
Some people are born leaders. Others give of their time. And then there are those who inspire others by leading and yet finding time to...
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Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Feb 2, 2021
My son wouldn't let me visit my grandchild
My life was saved by a baby. I was an addict for as long as I can remember. Drugs, booze, sex. I was addicted to all of them. For years,...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Nov 30, 2020
Unbearable Social Distancing: Lea's Story
Loneliness. It can break a person. Maybe that's why solitary confinement is such a terrifying punishment. I was never alone, but I was...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Nov 30, 2020
Ruth Weinberger shares Chabad Lifeline memories as she retires
How would you respond to terror? On September 11, 2001, terrorists from Al Qaida hijacked airplanes and carried out the deadliest attack...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Nov 24, 2020
Chabad Lifeline Leaders Join World's Longest Zoom at Virtual Rabbinic Gathering
Each year, Chabad Lifeline sends a delegation to the world’s largest rabbinical conference - the International Conference of...
Rabbi Zvi Hershcovich
- Nov 20, 2020
A Guinness World Record is Broken: the Chabad in Lifeline
It was comical. 572 rabbis in a zoom call and he was sitting in his chair, asleep. His head kept slowly rolling down in his sleep and...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Oct 28, 2020
This man turned down a $300,000 contract because of porn
Peter Bailey grew up with an informed world view. Being that his aunt is a world expert on sex addiction, he always knew how damaging...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Sep 25, 2020
Muted: Daniel's Story
It began with a sandwich. About a year ago, I took a midday break from work to grab corned beef on rye with a friend. As I drove past a...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Aug 31, 2020
Why I went from two raffle tickets to 10
When we opened our annual raffle this year, we worried that due to the economic crisis associated with the pandemic, we would have...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Aug 31, 2020
I shut the incidents from my memory: Raphael's story
I was sexually molested as a kid. Growing up, I shut the incidents out of my memory. In my mind, I moved on. I had no idea how much pain...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Aug 31, 2020
How to handle the back to school pressure
Back to school, particularly this year, is a period of stressful transition and uncertainty for students and for parents. Addiction...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Aug 6, 2020
Executive Committee holds emergency meeting to discuss essential raffle
Important decisions were made at a recent emergency meeting with Chabad Lifeline's Executive Committee. For the past five years, Chabad...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Aug 5, 2020
Why I gave my son my sedatives: Art's story
I love my son more than anything in the world. My little boy. Seven years ago, I wasn't sleeping at night. My days were filled with...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Mar 20, 2020
Addressing grand rounds at the Jewish General Hospital's Child Psychiatry Unit
Karen Bresinger is Chabad Lifeline's Family Counsellor and Clinical Director. A week before the Coronavirus arrived in Quebec, she was...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Mar 20, 2020
Phone calls saved my life: Joe's Story
Vomit. Rock bottom. Waking up in a downtown alley. My name is Joe and I am an alcoholic. Six years ago, I felt something tapping my back....
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Mar 4, 2020
Kiddush Club: Neta's Story
I found out about Chabad Lifeline from my Rabbi. Before I share my story, you need to understand that I'm a religious Jewish woman....
Jeffrey Magid
- Feb 6, 2020
Big Brother Gets Paid Back
This story starts with a radio ad. I was driving to a potential sale, going over the pitch in my head, when a CJAD jingle caught my...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Dec 17, 2019
What makes someone remember you 42 years later?
I don't get blown away often. I rarely get nostalgic. I don't believe anything is by chance. An extraordinary encounter cemented that...
Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger
- Dec 4, 2019
How I ended up speaking to Rabbinical students in rural Quebec
The day started off with me feeling "less than." That weekend, there had been for an International Chabad Conference of over 5,000 Rabbis...
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